Commuting in Miami County, Indiana: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Miami County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Miami County spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 175 hours, about 7.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 0.1 minutes.
Miami County holds about 0.5% of Indiana's population and accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Miami County would save about 70 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,170 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Miami County
21.0 min
42.0 min
175 hrs/yr
$5,424
859
Indiana
21.1 min
42.2 min
176 hrs/yr
$5,455
1,308
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
21.0
minutes to get to work in
Miami County.
That's 6% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Miami County
Car:
92.5%
Worked at Home:
4.9%
Walked:
1.7%
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Other:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Miami County, versus 0.1% in Indiana.
Commute Mode Trends in Miami County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Miami County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Public Transportation
Other
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
91.6%
3.6%
2.7%
0.3%
0.9%
0.2%
0.7%
0.1%
2010
92.7%
3.5%
2.3%
0.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
91.6%
4.0%
2.6%
0.0%
0.7%
0.4%
0.6%
0.0%
2012
92.0%
3.9%
2.0%
0.3%
0.9%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
2013
92.1%
3.5%
1.9%
0.3%
0.9%
0.6%
0.7%
0.0%
2014
93.5%
2.8%
1.5%
0.3%
1.1%
0.4%
0.5%
0.0%
2015
93.8%
2.6%
1.6%
0.3%
0.9%
0.2%
0.6%
0.0%
2016
94.6%
1.9%
1.4%
0.3%
1.3%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
2017
94.5%
1.9%
1.5%
0.2%
1.1%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
2018
94.9%
2.3%
1.1%
0.1%
0.9%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
2019
94.6%
2.0%
1.2%
0.2%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
2020
93.8%
2.5%
1.3%
0.4%
0.9%
0.5%
0.7%
0.0%
2021
93.1%
3.3%
1.5%
0.3%
0.6%
0.5%
0.7%
0.0%
2022
92.6%
4.3%
1.5%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
2023
92.1%
4.5%
2.0%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
2024
92.5%
4.9%
1.7%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2018 at 94.9%. Overall it rose from 91.6% in 2009 to 92.5% in 2024, up 0.9 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Miami County: its share of workers rose from 3.6% in 2009 to 4.9% in 2024, up 1.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.7% to 1.7% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Miami County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Miami County?
The bars show when commuters in Miami County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Indiana for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMMiami County7.9%Indiana6.7%
7.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMiami County5.5%Indiana4.5%
5.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMiami County5.5%Indiana5.6%
5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMiami County6.5%Indiana8.5%
6.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMiami County9.5%Indiana9.9%
9.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMiami County14.7%Indiana13.8%
14.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMiami County13.8%Indiana12.3%
13.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMiami County7.6%Indiana9.6%
7.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMiami County3.2%Indiana4.4%
3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMiami County3.7%Indiana5.2%
3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMiami County2.3%Indiana2.5%
2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMiami County1.2%Indiana1.2%
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMiami County8.7%Indiana7.5%
8.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMiami County9.9%Indiana8.0%
9.9%
Miami CountyIndianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Miami County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Indiana. Early starts are more common than in Indiana: 19.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Indiana's: 45.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.8%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Miami County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Miami County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Miami County next to Indiana and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Miami County
Indiana
United States
2009
7:32 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:35 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:28 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:28 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:29 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:30 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:29 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:26 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:28 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:31 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:33 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:31 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Miami County were on the road by 7:31 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved either. Commuters in Miami County now leave 7 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Miami County has moved 4 minutes later.
How does Miami County's commute time compare?
Metric
Miami County
Indiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.0 min
21.1 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
4.9%
10.7%
15.0%
Walked
1.7%
1.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Miami County is about the same as in Indiana.
0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.
Miami County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Miami County, IN is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 35,712 residents against a local median of 30,844. The measure that sets Miami County, IN apart most is one-way commute: 21.0 min, 19% above the local median of 17.6 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 4.9% against a local median of 6.0%, 19% below it. The counties themselves spread 9.5 min on one-way commute, so Miami County, IN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Miami County, IN has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Miami County, Indiana.
Is commuting expensive in Miami County, Indiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 175 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,424 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical Indiana commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Miami County, Indiana?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Miami County, Indiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How do commute times compare across counties in Indiana?
Among counties in Indiana, the shortest average commutes are in Knox County (15.8 min), Howard County (15.9 min), Daviess County (16.3 min). The longest are in Crawford County (33.6 min), Brown County (32.6 min), Franklin County (31.9 min).